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"We know that his face came through your windshield," one of the investigators said, in an exchange reported by South Dakota Public Broadcasting. "That's, I would think, substantially clear that that's what happened. We also have the imprint on the hood where his body, part of his body, likely was riding. At some point [in] time, he rolls off, takes out the mirror and slides into the ditch."
A visibly shaken Ravnsborg maintained that he did not see the glasses and did not know he had hit a human until the next day. "I mean it pains me tremendously to hear that his face went through the windshield," Ravnsborg said. "But I didn't look over. I was trying to stay alive myself at that point." He also said that he did not see any blood as a result of Boever's face coming through the windshield, which he would have expected. Investigators refuted that idea, saying they believed he died on impact.
At another moment in the interrogation, investigators pressed Ravnsborg about whether he had seen the flashlight Boever was carrying, which he repeatedly denied. They said the bright light would have been "hard to miss" in the darkness, noting that the light was still on when they arrived at the scene the next day and that a witness had seen Boever walking with it.
Later on, an investigator told Ravnsborg that he had assumed the role of Boever in a re-creation of the scene, wearing similar clothing and carrying the same flashlight to see what Ravnsborg would have been able to see. "It's pretty apparent that you were not looking at the road when that happened," he said. Ravnsborg repeated his belief that he had been looking at the radio and the speedometer to "lock in" cruise control at the time. "I know how some of this looks, but I did not see a man until the next day," he said.
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https://news.wbfo.org/post/south-dakota-ag-faces-impeachment-calls-resign-over-new-evidence-fatal-crash
underpants
(182,736 posts)A light is visible from 3x as far away.
So this guy is going with - I thought it was a deer wearing glasses carrying a flashlight. He was hammered BUT alone. Sadly its his story and all the evidence probably doesnt matter.
Fullduplexxx
(7,852 posts)Fullduplexxx
(7,852 posts)He confused a person for a deer . If that's not drunk.....
hatrack
(59,583 posts). . . . and so he did. After all, he's a white reactionary GQP elected official in a state crawling with white reactionary GQP voters and cops, so, why not? Small downside, big personal benefits to not blowing DUI numbers at the scene.
He was like "I just killed a guy while drunk, how do I avoid accountability for my actions?"
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)but still...
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Jeezus this story gets worse and worse
Demsrule86
(68,539 posts)bluestarone
(16,900 posts)Guy should be in PRISON
Demsrule86
(68,539 posts)family. Also, can't the feds review this decision not to prosecute this as he is an office holder and all?
former9thward
(31,970 posts)It is a state jurisdiction. Feds do not have jurisdiction over someone because they are an office holder.
Shanti Shanti Shanti
(12,047 posts)former9thward
(31,970 posts)The other is what direction was it pointed at the time of the accident. Without video that can't be answered.
Shanti Shanti Shanti
(12,047 posts)A cars headlights on a dark night will outshine anthing in front of it unless it was pointed at driver, just being the detective here
former9thward
(31,970 posts)And if he was pointing it down to see just in front of him (as I do if I am walking in the dark), the driver would not see the light.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Tough to do that if you've admitted to looking at the radio... regardless of where the flashlight if pointing.
(Proper lookout is a term used to describe a driver's responsibility to intelligently and carefully observe the road, other motorists and their general surroundings while driving)
malaise
(268,885 posts)Lock him up